Perfect weather on Feb. 25, 2017 meant the hungry crowds were out in force for the 10th Annual Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival at Shelter Cove Community Park. Here, people line up for a seafood nosh at the event, which was the culmination of a week of culinary and beverage activities on Hilton Head Island. In addition to all kinds of seafood, Saturday's festival featured a new VIP lounge, a kids zone, an artisan market, celebrity chef demonstrations and music from the acclaimed Town Mountain Band bluegrass band and local favorite, Deas-Guyz. Jay Karrjkarr@islandpacket.com

Perfect weather on Feb. 25, 2017 meant the hungry crowds were out in force for the 10th Annual Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival at Shelter Cove Community Park. Here, people line up for a seafood nosh at the event, which was the culmination of a week of culinary and beverage activities on Hilton Head Island. In addition to all kinds of seafood, Saturday's festival featured a new VIP lounge, a kids zone, an artisan market, celebrity chef demonstrations and music from the acclaimed Town Mountain Band bluegrass band and local favorite, Deas-Guyz. Jay Karrjkarr@islandpacket.com

Did a Yankee make this list? South Carolina ranked one of the worst states to live in

A new report from U.S. News & World Report puts the Palmetto State in the embarrassing spot of 45 in ranking the best states to call home in 2017.

The top ranked states include: 1) Massachusetts, 2) New Hampshire, 3) Minnesota, 4) North Dakota, and 5) Washington.

The first Southern state to make the list was Florida at 24. North Carolina came in at 25 and Georgia was 36. The only states to under perform South Carolina on the list were New Mexico (46), Alabama (47), Arkansas (48), Mississippi (49), and Louisiana (50).

South Carolina’s education was ranked the worst in the country. Its economy, however, was given the much more respectable rank of 16.

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The rankings, which look at more than 60 metrics, focus on health care, education, crime and corrections, infrastructure, opportunity, economy and government. It apparently did not take into consideration sunsets, seafood, beaches and golf...